Multiple gauge



Jung 10, 1930. w. b. VIVARTTAS 1,763,333

' MULTIPLE GAUGE Filed May 4, 1927 s Sheets-Sheet 1 June 10, 1930 w. o. YIVARTTASJ MULTIPLE GAUGE Filed may 4; 1927 s Sheets-Sheet 2 Q WW June 10, 1930.

w. o. VIVARTTAS 1,763,333

MULTIPLE GAUGE Filed May 4, 1927 s Sheets-Sheet a Patented June 10, 1930 The invention relifieswo-work 'ing f'rnjeans for imaohii' je @0613, and were particu- 1 a i-1y relates to multiple gauging devi s for machines inf-Which *the i woi 'k progresses i through the proeessing meohariisnr in recti lineardireotion. 1

It isthe-prinoijjle objeenof this invention n selectively determining dimensions enwer xbeingETyi'oessem in which *device"fany one "of-n groupafsgm e-members may be-"seleo- V61yUS 8d With0ut' espeot to the oi'fler o f -tHeir-se1ection, anilwifihoilt any lnzmipula- 'bion or ddjiistment ofjthe deviceg 5 Another ebjecmsw provide a multiple gang-ing lievi'ce whiehfisunitar in" construe 1 tion which may- 1 6 attaoheci to oi inooi poralted inyany sfianderd machine? Y A {wither obj is no 1 provide fa jmultiple Q ga 1ging "device? having a *w-itie range of selec- 1 1 one or more g reu s m ybe inoveklinto op'ex' ative F'pos'ition; jwliile the other groups are moved away iromjthe pathof chef-work. 1

Another objeet is: {to provifle e filurality f seleobilve gauges in as'seoigi-hion with a iigid Tga ge bar, the selective mig movable =ou t ibf norrnzil position to expose Q *fihe-i operative *fuee of the rigid" gauge, whieh latter is tistaiole in position in Television to the processingYtoo1, thus 'perlnitting an opera'toiio I use either the seleetivei gauges e erigid gaugeaecording'ly es hetis farooessjfing pieeesof Wofik of]sneeessively vaifisible wdilnensions or of constentfdiniension. i A *furtherjobject-is top ioi iiea multiple gauging device in viihih 1 a *plui'iil ity '1 of gauges are arranged in-progressive laiteml distances from afprocessing; tool zinyone of i "which gauges inayioe selectecii for; lateral "guiding edoi' tment by the oik to be processedjand the others of w11icherea1ito invitioally inoved out ofthepithbfithe Work as the latter progresses :toward "sheprocessing tool. i A further 1 object isto iprovitiea "HilfltiPle gaugeflin which a plurality of seleetive gauging members are arranged in Constant 'iiiteifielzition as to the Spaces between flieii' tion in which *the gauge winenibers zire "arranged 111- separable (groups;of-wh ohkany LLIAM o. VIVAR'ITASQ 0F qcxmm ILLTINOIS5HA$SIGIQURTO1P?MAZ'1YTI$ON iMAGH-INE WORKS, 203 wRooKFoRD, inaLiNoIs, 1 A GORIPORA-TIONHOF; ILLINOIS -Who1e in relation- B0 theproces'sing tool? nd also in el-ation to the Woi'kfsupport; "so "t-hgit wofk 0f (5 an Width and of 11 an thiokness of a preferred embodiment of t1ie invention, E5

whiehhas been seiected folffilin 1" Ion 1n {the 'aecompanyin'g drawings.

It :be understo 0d, ho ver, '3 that Chan gee in form; oonstructionf-arfd errangeinentn fy be "made'bythose skillecPinitheeft Withone departing frem theseOjgie and spirit of she in- -venoiones expressed im-he-ap ended 61mins. I 111 *fihe accompanying drawings, the 'de* vice isillustrat'ed "as adaptedto aYsazwing inaohiiie "oornmoiily 'known in the woodwork "l5 ing21,11?asafipCWverdriveni'ipszrvvl flt is desii-edathatfthe illiisfirationherein be fiiot -consideredas limitingthe a'd aptetiomofthe devioe, as-ifi will be obvious tnmb t eidei ice may be afiapted to any p1ooessinginaohine in Whioh the lniiteriallbeing wofkekl isprm pellediin-a-Teofflinear ipath intoe-ngagemefit withefprocessing tool.- 1 L Referring to "the" drawings, Figure 1 rep resents-somew1mt {diagrammatically a plan View of (a commercial saw, "Wiflr the device emboiying the ipresent invention "shown imposition on thewoik tabledfthemeoliine,

Fig. 2 is a; Efragmenta]; front elevation of in the maohine and device as shown in Fig. 1; fFig. 3*is ai'pian View Qft-he deviceeln lbodying the present invention. Fig. 4*is nsi 1e elevation of fihe; device as illustrated in FigJ3. n f Fig's. 5, 6 and are end *views "(if the "dejvioe with the guiding-members in varying *positions; u i Pi "F8 is n frztb'tional 'side elevation-viewed oppositely *to Fig. "4:, @116. partimiliriy il'lusr i i Fmrlgementeby meens 015a; seeming 'rod -i30 xtenditrg thmeugha the-bearing higs 19 "and 20 hand throu-ghk the pivoted ends j of the bracket armsfthe seeuri g rd30 'bei1 1g s11b- 1 staritielly spaeed froni the pivot rod 2l. I Eaeh -of the t head blocks 26, 27, ?28 and Q29 eari' ies suspended therefrom a group of 1 elongatedgauging members 31, {the latter being ar i'anged in 1 parallel relation to 1 each other and paraHd -t0 the =1 igid gauge 'ber -13. l he gauges 31 are preferably arranged w ztlso rwith -their euter endsihoverlapping relation; that is, each suceessiv gauge extends :1:-=s1 flosteugijtiel i distahee beyond the 3 gauge 1 im mediately outward fremdt, to fmj'h e series -(3f steps exposing ithe i-lateral face JOfWthe end vpoi'tion e'fi each '0']? the gauges. The gauges 131 are preferably of ilniformiwidth ef;seleeted units of meas'ure and lie in suecessi ve icontaet, the innermost of the gauges being-fin qperativemontect with the guid g ifaeecdf the gauge barld a t P i The gauges-31 e e supported from their tespeetive heafld bledm byvrheans of"pivoted 3 links 3 2; a; ts-pair we "whieh supports each *ment froin its. normal "lowermosttipesition"t0 e reised positiohdn abutment with the unflerside 6t 1% the headlhlock, and without dis- 0 1: tflfbing their 1mm k positional arrange imeht. i "fl he geugeslfil are preferablydorihed 'in hox like st1'ucture,;-as illustratedfin Fig. "9, the 1i1iks' 32 extending through slots 33 i in l the mpperwvetll 'or Web *Of the gauge 1 "and; pivoted tothe side- WiLHFOf the? gauge as i fieierit lehgth tq permit the links 32 tdswing thereintd--as-the#gzmges ere raisedegainst tibnfafl lpa'rtk dfthe twee-and positioned 3 W h its beztltil'igsuifacein the same plane i vtith the beaifingfsufface of the machine werkl teblel. The tab1ep0rti01i37 of the base preferably supports the tlemping plate '5 "tiohailfy gaugeEba-r 13 being rigid with the fmeilijtportion 6*01 the base, means foreceuratelyelining the her on the 'meehine tehle, latter thefdevice is clamped thereto,

*jflateFBT to thema'in section "oitithe base.

*throtigh which extends lug 4L0 rigid Withthe adjustable carriage Q16. The psitiom dflthe the -g aug'ing members overlie a, ork sup perti g plate 37, preferably forming a seebdlt *38ksecuresfi an underlying Wing of the i The letter is provided withgali opening 39 ii "plate 37 ahdletefzfllyfspaced fromthe sides of the opening. pair bf c'ep serews 41, threaded in opposite sides (iflthe' lug im ztre adapted; *to be adjusted 1 in zthlltting contelet with the rear side (if the guide bai l urid an opposite 11 upstanding poftion- 42 6f *the W0 base, thus adjustably leeking "theitwo seeti0nsin seeure relation. i

-Ezveh of the thead ibl oeks 29 he independehtly swung upward on itsepiw ml support, warmingith it the groups-7 o'f gauges supported therebyte iift 'the let ter out of operative position in i'ehttion t0 '1 the Work table, the F heztd bloek afich its= respectivegT up bf *gaugesbei-ng sllppei ted V in inoperative position; as "indicated in Figs. M

formed on the structure -of the base 6'. Agi'y one or -more ofthef-heed blocks-may thtis be thrown back in inoperetive positiem after removing. the supporting rod 80 to permit 6 5 the turning oft-h bracket armsen thepivbt rod 21*, the suppertingmd 30"being replaeed carriage 16 is controlled 3 by any suit bl mechanism, that illustrated herein *eempi-isinge link pivetztlly seeure'd to efirearhaving operativdheerings in the*bifineated end of thebell crank. l'The pin48is2p10- (vided ibetweeli the spaced bi fufeated portiens of the bell crankqarm with 'e screw threaded cross here to jreeeive the threeided end-1501 *wardly from the hell cmnkLiend-suppdrted at its frontiend in-"shearing 5'0 suita'hl-y ceng #strudtedto prevent le'ngitudinsgl movement carriage 16 of the gaugesSlb fectin the vertical adjustment through the FIIl operationyin its edaptation toe saW- 1 ing machine 0f the type illustrated-herein; 4120 I the Workman adjusts the baseon the work i table, so that the series oii gauges "covers "the range of Widths of the woi k-about to"be sewed. The geugestl mayhe convehieritly made of one-quarter inch widths and their overlapping exposed ends maikedin quar ter inches, as indicated at 53TinUFigHL. In cutting a piece" to "any desired Width, the

workmen selects the gaufge which will give that desired widthfiirom the ep erating plene K one of saidsections having a gauge bar mounted thereon. and the other of said seotions having means for securingsaid base i to support, a pivot member connecting said sections, alug formed on one'of said a i sections extending throughandspaced from h thesides of an opening in the other of said sections, and a pair of oppositely positioned elements having adjustable support insaid portions oi said other section to adjustably fix the relative position of said two sections. 10. A gauge device of the character de scribedfhaving, in combination, a plurality of heads mounted for independent move- 11161113 from operative to inoperative position, anda plurality of groups of parallel longitudinalgauges "each group mounted on one ofsaid heads, the gauges of each group being suspended from their headby means permitting independent movement of each gauge with relation to the other gauges.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature i i WILLIAM O. VIVARTTAS.

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